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Major North West social landlord to establish £6.48m legal services framework
- Details
Torus, the North West’s largest affordable housing provider, is to procure a multi-lot framework agreement for the provision of legal services.
The framework has been divided into the following lots:
- Development and specialist property transactions
- Sales and routine property transactions
- Corporate and Finance
- Employment and HR
- Housing
The award criteria are quality (weighting: 60%) and cost (weighting: 40%).
The contract, which is estimated to be worth £6.48m, is expected to run from 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2029, with a possible extension to 30 September 2033.
Torus has 40,000 homes in its portfolio.
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